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Phaces of the Week: May 5-9

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:31:09 -0400

3. David Boreanaz: The Flyers-Pens series will definitely be won by the team that wins four games. …First.

2. Ryan Howard Snow Globe: Even a .160 hitter does not deserve this kind of humiliation.

Weekend Planner: Flyered Up, MMR’s Alumni Weekend, Wine Fest and Your mama is so special, she…

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:03:10 -0400

Friday, May 9

The Flyers and the Penguins start the Eastern Conference Finals tonight in Pittsburgh.

It’s on Versus and Comcast SportsNet at 7:30 p.m. Find a bar at which to get Flyered Up.

Philly EDGE Scrapple: Coldplay to start tour in Philly on June 29, a Sonic in Levittown soon and Howard Eskin: Hockey Expert

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:23:08 -0400

[ ] Extra Music News I: Coldplay is set for a June 29 date at the Wachovia Center in Philly that will launch their U.S. tour. The band will play a free concert June 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Reuters)

[ ] Extra Music News II : Tomorrow’s Flyleaf show at the Electric Factory that, apparently, not as many people are going to see as first thought, has been moved to the TLA.

[ ] Extra Food News: Sonic, the Red State-leaning, drive-in style fast food merchant, is coming to Levittown, dangerously close to Philly EDGE world HQ. The closest current location is in Morgantown, near Reading. (Courier Times blog)

[ ] Extra Bar News: The Pineville Tavern has decided to go smoke-free. It’s been open- no shit - 277 years.(Courier Times blog)

[ ] Extra Philly Sports Backwash: This morning’s Kidd Chris Show on WYSP-FM (94.1) featured a chat with Howard Eskin of WIP-AM (610), followed by a scheduled in-studio spot with “Van Halen lead singer (and former ‘YSP morning host) David Lee Roth, in town to promo VH’s Atlantic City concert tonight.” It was, however, an impersonator, not DLR.

News to reuse: Locusts descend on Willow Grove, Norristown to have $1 cover charge and Owen Wilson to guest edit Inky?

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:05:46 -0400

[ ] Four women who pleaded guilty to stealing the Macy’s store at Willow Grove Park mall were put on probation and ordered them to stay out of all malls in Pennsylvania. (AP via Intelligencer)

From the story:

… Judge Steven O’Neill told the women they had “descended like a plague of locusts” on Montgomery County. Court records show that the four traveled around the country, stealing for a living, and have criminal records in at least ten states.

Philly Sports Backwash: Ry-Ho-Ho-Ho, Penguins celeb blogger and A-Rod to be ONLY third best hitter in Philly next week

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:51:35 -0400

[ ] More than just a phew eyes will be on Reading tonight as flame-throwing Phils farmhand Antonio Bastardo makes his second start for the Double-A Reading Phillies when they take on the Binghamton Mets at home.

Food news: Free burritos in Ardmore, Philly pizza Bible and McOrdinary Southern-style Chicken Sandwich

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:38:13 -0400

[ ] The still new Chipotle (133 W. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore) is offering free burritos and beverages from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today (May 8). (Food and Drinq)

Fwiw- Even if you have no interest in a free burrito, click the link for a cool web site.

News to reuse: Gov. Rendell says go green or die, Las Salem to grow thanks to chain-smoking suburbanites and Madonna is coming

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:07:02 -0400

[ ] Gov. Ed Rendell was in Bensalem Wednesday touting two pieces of environmental legislation he proposed more than a year ago which are designed to ease utility bill increases and subsidize clean energy development. (Courier Times)

From the story:

This sort of thing never happens to the Phillie Phanatic

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:24:28 -0400

Cincinnati Reds mascot "Mr. Redlegs," had a tough afternoon on Wednesday. (With Leather)

The Phanatic, meanwhile, is so damn good, that he WENT ON THE PHILS ROAD TRIP to Arizona. While there, he cavorted with the local ladies: Pictures here AND evidenced in the clip below (700 Level):

Philly People: Details on Svetlana Shusterman, M. Night likes his new movie and you won’t see Jonah Hill at Penn

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:39:10 -0400

[ ] Fans of Richboro’s Svetlana Shusterman, the bodacious brunette who repped the Philly area (and spoke with Philly EDGE) when she was on MTV’s The Real World: Key West in 2006, will be glad to see she is still strongly connected with the MTV reality show. She, and many others, was featured in a spread in the latest issue of Details (on newsstands now with Mr. Demi Moore on the cover). Svet is stunning while sunning on page 101 in a black bikini by Dolce & Gabanna. See for yourself in the video below:

Music news: Live Music Philly, you can soon be a radio star and a Flight of the Conchords review

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:16:04 -0400

[ ] Live Music Philly launches tonight at the Philly for Philly benefit show at World Café Live. The LMP concept is a local show and music portal which may or may not eventually include a continuous music stream on its own site. ~~is part of the~~ ~~PMH/Philly.com empire~~. (Ed. Note: Wrong! Philly EDGE regrets the error.)

Philly EDGE's BIG Concert List May 7-13

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:29:15 -0400

Philadelphia

33^rd Street Armory

33^rd and Market Sts. Philadelphia

M.I.A., The Holy Fuck: June 5, 7 p.m.

Track of the Week: “That’s What She Said” by The Chandler Travis Philharmonic

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:59:31 -0400

So, what do you think when someone bills themselves as “the world’s first alternative Dixieland band?”

Philly EDGE thought: “Don’t you mean ONLY?”

Anyways, that’s The Chandler Travis Philharmonic, at right. They are from Eastham, Mass. and will be making their Philly debut at The Fire (412 West Girard Ave., Philadelphia; 267.671.9298) next Thursday, May 15 with The Great Unknown, The Cush and Johnsons Crossroad.

Bar news: Bensalem bar robbery caught on camera (sort of), Tropicana in trouble and Yardley Beer Fest is May 17

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:28:22 -0400

[ ] Three women snapped a picture of a Bensalem man moments before he allegedly robbed them. (KYW via WillDo)

From the story:

News to reuse: Hillary determined to win despite losing, Philly taping of Cops show goes badly and WiFi to give way to WiMax?

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:40:33 -0400

[ ] Democratic presidential contenders Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) won the North Carolina and Indiana primaries respectively on Tuesday. Despite an insurmountable deficit, Clinton is continuing the campaign by lending her camp millions. (phillyBurbs via AP)

Advice to Dems: Please click through to Pyrrhic victory and read. And talk.

Music News: Nine Inch Nails play Philly Aug. 29 and new album is free online, Legend saves America and Hall and Oates are Icons

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:26:15 -0400

[ ] Publishing-rights company BMI will salute Daryl Hall & John Oates as BMI Icons at its 56th annual Pop Awards, Tuesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. The event will “honor the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s most-performed pop songs in the United States,” a press release states.

In addition, a musical tribute to Hall & Oates, who will join the Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, James Brown, Ray Davies, Carlos Santana and Dolly Parton as Icons, is planned.